Which Romantic poet died at Missolonghi in 1824?

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Which Romantic poet died at Missolonghi in 1824? Lord Byron died there.

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, travelled to Greece in late 1823 to support the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. He reached Missolonghi on January 5, 1824, bringing money, political influence, and hopes of helping unite competing Greek factions.

Byron never led the major military campaign he had hoped to organise. He became seriously ill after earlier health problems, treatment by bloodletting, and a fever. He died at Missolonghi on April 19, 1824, aged 36. His death turned him into a powerful symbol of philhellenism—the European movement supporting Greek independence.

The question can cause confusion because Percy Bysshe Shelley and other Romantic poets also had strong connections with Greece and Byron. Shelley died in Italy in 1822, while John Keats died in Rome in 1821. Byron’s Greek connection was unusually direct: he personally travelled there, spent his fortune on the cause, and died during the struggle.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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